DOWNTOWN BOISE, Idaho — Freeze-dried strawberries, candy and even microgreens may look a little different, but they’re part of a food trend that’s exploding into a global industry. And right now, Boise is at the center of it.

More than 120 entrepreneurs and food innovators packed into the Hotel Renegade ballroom this week for the first-ever Freeze-Dried Summit. Attendees traveled from across the United States and as far as Australia, Canada, and England. Fewer than 10 were from Idaho.

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David Leaman, who grew up in Boise and organized the summit, said the event has been a year in the making.

“This is a collective I’ve been trying to get together all ye

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